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Ui·ghur

(wē′go͝or)

Variant of Uyghur.

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Ui•ghur

or Ui•gur or Uy•ghur

(wē′gər)

n., pl. -ghurs or -gurs, (esp. collectively) -ghur or -gur.

1. a member of a Turkic people of Central Asia, living mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China.

2. the language of the Uighurs.

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Noun	1.	Uighur - a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas Uigur, Uygur Sinkiang, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region - an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
	2.	Uighur - the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China Uigur, Uygur Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages
	3.	Uighur - the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language Uigur, Uygur script - a particular orthography or writing system

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BEIJING Mon Mar 10, 2014(Reuters) - China has arrested a Uighur AIDS activist for endangering national security, a health advocacy group said, in the latest sign of the government's crackdown in the troubled far western region of Xinjiang, home to the largely Muslim Uighur people.

China detains Uighur AIDS activist amid crackdown

The Obama administration stepped up efforts to resettle the Uighurs and came close to sending two to live in a Uighur community in Virginia.

Uighur detainees freed

The majority of Xinjiang's population is made up of the region's native Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group and the province has been the site of a long-running insurgency against Chinese rule led by the separatist East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM).

Eleven Die in Violent Clashes in China's Xinjiang Region

BEIJING -- An Uighur group on Thursday dismissed Beijing's account of a "terrorist attack" at Tiananmen Square as a dubious pretext to repress the ethnic minority, as state-run media hinted at potential repercussions.

Uighur group slams China's terror claim

"In China, Reporting on Tibetan and Uighur Unrest is Nearly Impossible", Christian Science Monitor, 2 March 2012, (http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Glob-al-News /2012/0302/In-China-reporting-on-Tibetan-and-Uighur-unrest-is-nearlyimpossible).

Accommodation or assimilation? Chinese government policies toward Uyghur minority

For example, the Chinese government called the Hotan incident a "severe terrorist attack," (2) while the World Uighur Congress (3) blamed the violence on Chinese authorities forcefully breaking up a "peaceful demonstration." (4)

Violence escalates in China's Xinjiang Province

Ahmet Davutoglu said that on one hand Turkey had to protect rights of Uighur Turks, on the other hand it would not harm its relations with a global country.

(DIP) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER ON TURKEY'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND XINJIANG-UIGHUR

The government's measures show Beijing is determined to prevent a repeat of the violence when rioting, street battles, mob attacks and reprisals flared between the mainly Muslim Uighur minority and China's dominant Han Chinese.

Heavy security in China's Urumqi

India, April 28 -- In what can be described as a new approach by Beijing to deal with the restive situation in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region that has witnessed severe ethnic tension since July last year, the powerful Communist Party chief of the province has been replaced.

Benevolent approach

Summary: The February 15 killing of the militant Uighur leader Abdul Haq al-Turkistani by an American drone in the border regions of Pakistan highlighted China's continued sensitivity when it comes to its remote and vulnerable western region, Xinjiang.

Xinjiang's irate minority Uighurs begin to worry Beijing

Today, Cambodia has baldly violated its international commitments and put at risk the lives of 20 members of the Uighur minority -- including two infants -- who were forcibly deported back to China on Friday.

U.S. editorial excerpts

Summary: The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea from Uighur inmates in Guantanamo Bay prison to be freed in the United States, a decision which could complicate plans to close the jail.